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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Spheria. (1) With @'stem, 888 
sala ; Dicks. 3. 3. f PE 
Stem single or double, somewhat compressed, 2 inches high 
and upwards, Head spherical, granulated on the surface. Dicks. 
‘This haying been called a Spheria by the authority aboye men- 
tioned, must stand under this genus, but the mode of fructificas 
tion does not appear to have been sufficiently attended to. Its 
habit speaks it to be a Mucor. Zoe 
On the dead larve of insects in woods near Bulstrode, Buck. __ 
Inghamshire, «7 ; Autumn, 
Spx. Head -shaped, blue grey to sea green; stem glau’ea, 
short, slender. dew 
Bullv 470. 2-Bolt. 1200:2~Batsch 169. 
In the specimens and drawing I received from Mr, Knapp, 
the stems are rather more distinct than they are represented in 
‘Mr. Bolton’s figures. When young white, when old black with. 
in, the seeds dispersed a fibres, which properly refers it 
to the Trichia, though the fibres are less numerous, and do not 
go completely fill the capsules as in that Genus, ee 
Lich, caruleo-nigricans. Relh, 847. Spheracarpus cap- 
a Bulliard. On Braham Moor near Leeds. On a dead 
. Mr. Kwarp, Nov. Dew | 
(2) STEMLESs. 
Spx. Simple, clustered, snow-white, downy. RELH. tomento’sa. 
1107. Stemless, incorporated, somewhat downy. 
-) Bour. ; s ee ae + ee 
Bull. 492. 1-Bolt, 125-Mich. 54. ord. 87. 5. © 
Crust none. Spherules minute, globular, covered with a 
snowy down, sometimes confluent, marked witha few black mi- 
~ nute dots, on losing their down turning black, become indurated 
and permanent. Flesh black. Rewu. suppl. ii. 31.—Fixed to 
the inner bark of dead branches, forcing its way through the 
‘outer bark. It is in clusters, each cluster about the size of a 
large mustard seed. Bout. | | 
S. obducta. Bort. Decayed wood in Madingley planta- 
tions, ReiH.—On fallen decaying branches of trees, Bort.— 
Aug. Sept, Rezu.—Feb. Bout, 5 
Spa. Very white, inclusters, tubercled. niv'ea 
Hoffm. crypt. 1.6.3... 
Tubercles small, bellying, lopped and perforated at the top; 
_ white, but the perforation black. When the outer coat is sepa- 
zated, they appear entirely black. HorrMan, — 
Qn the bark of trees in a wood near Gamlingay. Mr. Reus 
i June, July. 
